2022 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament


The 2022 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament will take place from May 26 through 29. The top four of the league's seven teams will meet in the double-elimination tournament to be held at Tony Gwynn Stadium in San Diego, California. The Air Force Falcons won the tournament and earned the Mountain West Conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2] It will be the Falcons' first time representing the Mountain West in the NCAA tournament and their first appearance overall since 1969.

2022 Mountain West Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsAir Force Falcons (1st title)
Winning coachMike Kazlausky (1st title)
MVPPaul Skenes (Air Force)
TelevisionStadium College Sports Central
2022 Mountain West Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
UNLV  ‍‍‍ 21 9   .700 36 22   .621
Nevada  ‍‍‍ 18 12   .600 29 26   .527
San Jose State  ‍‍‍ 16 14   .533 30 29   .508
Air Force  ‍‍y 15 15   .500 30 27   .526
Fresno State  ‍‍‍ 15 15   .500 27 28   .491
New Mexico  ‍‍‍ 10 20   .333 21 33   .389
San Diego State  ‍‍‍ 10 20   .333 18 38   .321
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of November 4, 2024[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

Format and seeding

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The conference's top four teams will be seeded based on winning percentage during the round robin regular season schedule. They will then play a double-elimination tournament with the top seed playing the fourth seeded team and the second seeded team playing the third seed.

Bracket

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First roundSemi-finalsFinals
1UNLV2
4Air Force5
4Air Force7
3San Jose State3
2Nevada1
3San Jose State2
4Air Force8--
3San Jose State3--
Lower round 1Lower final
2Nevada6
1UNLV33San Jose State15
2Nevada7

References

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  1. ^ "2022 Baseball Standings". themw.com. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
  2. ^ "2021-22 MW Championships Schedule". themwc.com. Retrieved May 19, 2022.